Hope is sometimes discovered in the most unlikely of places. O'Connor's signature southern charm shines through.
Aggie isn't expecting visitors at the Sleepy Time Motel in the Great Smoky Mountains. Since her husband died, she is all alone with her cat, Ugly, and keeping up with the bills has become impossible. When she places a For Sale ad in the newspaper, Aggie doesn't know that Kirby and his mom will need a room when their car breaks down on the way to Kirby's new reform school. Or that Loretta and her parents will arrive in her dad's plumbing company van on a trip meant to honor the memory of Loretta's birth mother. Or that Clyde Dover will answer the For Sale ad and move in with his daughter, Willow, looking for a brand-new life after Willow's mom left. Perhaps the biggest surprise of all is that Aggie and her guests find just the friends they need at the shabby motel in the middle of nowhere.
Publisher: Macmillan
Original Binding: Trade Paperback
Pages: 224 pages
ISBN-10: 1250062802
Item Weight: 0.4 lbs
Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.6 x 7.6 inches
Customer Reviews: 3 out of 5 stars 1,001 to 10,000 ratings
"Delivers a story that sparkles. . . . Readers will come to realize that everyone has something worth paying attention to, if you dig deep enough." --Christian Science Monitor
"Another satisfying novel with a southern setting . . . The plainspoken text is clean, direct, and honest in its portrayal of pain and hope." --Booklist "O'Connor carefully weaves together the hopes, fears, disappointments, sorrows and joys of her multi-generational cast to produce a warm and satisfying conclusion." --Kirkus Reviews "O'Connor fans...won't be disappointed." --Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
Barbara O'Connor has written numerous books for young readers, including How to Steal a Dog, The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis, and most recently The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester. She lives in Duxbury, Massachusetts. barboconnor.com
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